Road to Puncak Arabella Apartments reopens after landslide debris removed

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Access to the Puncak Arabella Apartments in Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands, which was cut off by a landslide, has been reopened after road-clearing work was completed on Saturday (Nov 29) morning.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5n8mekye  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Access to the Puncak Arabella apartments in Tanarata, Cameron Highlands, which was cut

00:05off by a landslide, has been reopened following road-clearing work on Saturday morning.

00:11Cameron Highlands OCPD Superintendent Azri Ramli said residents who had been stranded

00:17have safely returned home.

00:19The landslide, which occurred around 8.30pm on Friday on a slope near Block C of the residential

00:25building, was caused by continuous heavy rainfall.

00:29The incident disrupted access to 346 homes and put 28 units in the block at risk.

00:35A total of 53 residents from 13 families were affected.

00:40Most took shelter at relatives' homes, while 17 individuals were placed at a relief centre

00:45at Dewanpunchak Arabella.

00:48Superintendent Azri credited the swift response of various agencies, including the Royal Malaysia

00:53Police, the Fire and Rescue Department, and the Civil Defence Force for bringing

00:59the situation under control.

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